Milwaukee, June 11: Out of the Pews and Into the Streets to Stop the Takeover

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Out of the Pews and Into the Streets to Stop the Takeover
We will gather at Bethesda Baptist Church for a prayer vigil to move out of our faith communities and into our larger community, joining our Schools and Communities United partners, to confront the proposed takeover of our civil right to a voice in our public schools.
We will emerge from worship to lock arms in the struggle, with our coalition partners.
We will march to Hopkins Lloyd Community School to surround our beloved community school with our support. This school belongs to its hard-won community, not to those who would strip our rights and our legacy.
June 5, 2015 Milwaukee [Photo: Joe Brusky]

June 5, 2015 Milwaukee [Photo: Joe Brusky]

Milwaukee Public School Supporters Participating In Direct Actions Citywide to Demand: ‘Hands Off Our Public Schools!’

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Over 400 concerned parents and residents of Milwaukee packed MPS Central Office June 8 to get the details of a proposed Takeover of their public school district. At the completion of the meeting everyone in attendance was signing up to join the fight. The people of Milwaukee want their school board in the hands of the voting public and not the grips of an unelected commission.

‪#‎NoMPStakeover‬

Sign up to join them in this fight: http://stopmpstakeover.com/get-involved/

Hello defenders of public education! You are here because you have expressed an interest in defeating the takeover of Milwaukee Public Schools. There is no shortage of tasks that need to be completed to make sure our schools remain in the hands of the people of Milwaukee and their democratically elected school board.

Here’s how you can get involved:

Sign this petition

Volunteer to help with phone banking, neighborhood canvassing, sign making, or any other talent you might bring to the table.

STOP THE MPS TAKEOVER!! 6-9-15 — at Story Elementary. [Photo: Joe Brusky]

STOP THE MPS TAKEOVER!! 6-9-15 — at Story Elementary. [Photo: Mike Erdmann]

Madison, June 11: Another Budget Is Possible Rally

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Another Budget Is Possible Rally
THE DATE HAS BEEN SET–THURSDAY, JUNE 11
Gather at GEF 2 Plaza (King St. & Webster St.) at 4:30 pm for a short march or State Street Steps at 5 pm for the rally.

All out for a mass rally at the Capitol the first day either house of the Legislature takes up the biennial state budget! We know this austerity budget forces unnecessary cuts on those who can least afford it–students, the elderly, those reliant on food stamps. It also targets scientists at the DNR who help protect our land and water, extension agents who help farmers and other rural landowners, and educators at all levels. We know that ANOTHER BUDGET IS POSSIBLE and this event will help launch a participatory process to create a budget that reflects the true priorities of the people of Wisconsin, rather than those of big business.

There will be a feeder march from GEF 2 Plaza at King & Webster–in front of DNR headquarters–starting at 4:30 pm.

This event is sponsored by the Another Budget Is Possible Coalition. Endorsements are welcome and will be listed below as they come in. To endorse the event, please visit http://tinyurl.com/budgetrallyendorsements.

Endorsed by:
UW-Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA; AFT Local 3220)
AFSCME Local 171
United Faculty and Academic Staff (AFT Local 223)
AFT-Wisconsin Higher Education Council
Student Labor Action Coalition
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement

STATEMENT:
Wisconsin does not have a budget crisis. It has a political crisis. The proposed budget will make existing problems worse. It will further worsen the quality of K-12 education and make college education even less of a possibility for most Wisconsinites. It will further erode public services and diminish the quality of life for working peoples in Wisconsin, plunging those that are already excluded from access to important state resources into extreme deprivation.

Public services are already eroded and in disrepair for Wisconsin’s Black citizens. But this budget, which is a form of state sanctioned violence, will only create hostile living conditions and expand the drought of resources for our Black populations here. And we are already the worst state to live if you are Black.

We demand a budget that serves the interests of all the people of Wisconsin, not the interests of a wealthy elite.

We demand transparency and popular participation in the process of constructing the budget. Another Budget is Possible!

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Milwaukee, June 27: Pam Africa of MOVE at Muhammad Mosque No. 3

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A Conversation with Pam Africa: The MOVE 9, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Political Prisoners & State Violence

Sister Pam Africa, Minister of Confrontation for MOVE (onamove.org) and Chairwoman of the uncompromising International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal (freemumia.com) will visit Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 26-28.

Hear her at 1 p.m. June 27 at the Nation of Islam’s Mosque No. 3:

Saturday, June 27, 1-3 p.m.
Nation of Islam, Mosque No. 3
4202 North Teutonia Ave., Milwaukee
mosque3.org/home.html
Free and open to the public

Pam Africa marching in Philly demanding justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal and all prisoners [Photo: Joe Piette]

Pam Africa marching in Philly demanding justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal and all prisoners [Photo: Joe Piette]

Detroit is in a State of Emergency Detroiters Fight Back – No Justice, No Peace!

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http://moratorium-mi.org/

Stop Tax Foreclosures of Occupied Homes!
Stop Water Shut-Offs!
Take Back Our City!

Demonstrate
Monday, June 8, 12 P.M.
Wayne County Treasurer’s Office
400 Monroe, Downtown Detroit

  • Thousands of occupied homes face tax foreclosure and eviction in neighborhoods already devastated by years of racist, predatory mortgage lending by the banks.
  • Some 25,000 homes are facing water shutoffs.
  • Schools are shuttered while property taxes are diverted to pay off debt service to the banks.
  • Youth face joblessness, police brutality, and the school-to-prison pipeline.

On June 8 thousands of occupied homes are scheduled to go into tax foreclosure. The Wayne County Treasurer, under pressure from community protests, was forced to extend the tax foreclosure deadline from March 31 to June 8. Come out to demand a One Year Moratorium on all Tax Foreclosures of Occupied Homes, during which property taxes can be reassessed to reflect real home values; seniors and the poor can be placed into hardship exemptions to which they are entitled; and the $251 million in federal Hardest Hit funds can be accessed to pay off delinquent bills and save homes, not tear them down.

June 8 will launch a Summer of Resistance to Stop Foreclosures and Water Shutoffs, and defend the people of Detroit against the bankers and developers and the politicians who represent their interests.

Action called by members of Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shutoffs; Detroiters Resisting Emergency Management; We the People of Detroit; Detroit Eviction Defense; Russell Woods-Sullivan Area Association; Detroit Active and Retired Employees Association; Detroit FIST; IWW; Detroit and Michigan Coalitions Against Tar Sands; People’s Potluck Detroit; St. Peter’s Episcopal Church; and other groups and activists.

March in downtown Detroit, July 2014. [Photo: Abayomi Azikiwe]

March in downtown Detroit, July 2014. [Photo: Abayomi Azikiwe]

Walter Knall, 70, of Detroit, a 31-year employee of the Detroit Health Dept., protests July 26 in front of City Hall. (Clarence Tabb, Jr./The Detroit News)

Walter Knall, 70, of Detroit, a 31-year employee of the Detroit Health Dept., protests July 26 in front of City Hall. (Clarence Tabb, Jr./The Detroit News)